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Friday Night Paint-In

K12 Gallery & TEJAS 341 S. Jefferson St., Dayton, OH

Friday Night Paint-In on first Fridays of every month between October 2025-April 2026. 2 sessions available 4:00pm-6:00pm and 6:00pm-8:00pm. Bring ...

Bourbon & Bubbles

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

Celebrate with an artsy cocktail party in the beautiful setting of the museum’s Shaw Gothic Cloister and Great Hall. Bourbon ...

AcadeCon

Dayton Convention Center 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, United States

AcadeCon 2025 will be the 13th Annual AcadeCon event hosted by The RPG Academy. The dream of AcadeCon grew from ...

Exhibit: Beyond Guilt

The International Peace Museum 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH

Beyond Guilt is a compelling visual experience that tells the powerful and redemptive stories of those impacted by over-sentencing and ...

Saturday Art Workshops

K12 Gallery & TEJAS 341 S. Jefferson St., Dayton, OH

Saturday Art Workshops for Kindergarten-12th Grade and Adults. Each month explore a different art medium (Clay, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Mosaics, ...

Front Street Art Hop

Front Street Galleries 1001 E. Second St., Dayton, OH

Art, Music, Food, Community: First Friday Art Hop at Front Street. We are so excited to announce that we have ...

Saturday Community Tours

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

Explore the museum and learn more with a guided tour! Come to the DAI for weekly tour themes like: Dayton ...

Family Open Studio

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

Join us in Studio A in the Education Wing of Rike for a time of open-ended creativity and art making. ...

AcadeCon

Dayton Convention Center 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, United States

AcadeCon 2025 will be the 13th Annual AcadeCon event hosted by The RPG Academy. The dream of AcadeCon grew from ...

Vinyl Vinyl Sundays

The Barrel House 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, United States

Sunday – Vinyl Vinyl Sunday – bring your records, we’ll play ’em

Drive Electric Dayton at the Market!

2nd Street Market 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, USA

Visit the Market, enjoy a free cup of coffee and meet representatives from Drive Electric Dayton. They will have their ...

Four Winds Indigenous Fashion Show

The Tank at The Dayton Arcade 35 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH

Join us in The Tank at The Dayton Arcade for an Indigenous Fashion Show, featuring Harmony Star, Aaron Buffalo, Okwarikowa ...

Skinner Pipe Organ Concert

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from ...

Skinner Pipe Organ Concert

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from ...